Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

Miscellaneous Files and Commands ftpserver(7)
NAME
ftp server - Services FTP connection requests
DESCRIPTION
The FTP server for the OSS environment is a program called FTPSERV that runs as a process in
the Guardian environment. FTPSERV is called to service each FTP connection request for either
environment.
FTPSERV is invoked by the Guardian LISTNER process each time a connection to an FTP
server process is requested. The inetd process is not used to initiate an FTP server (such as the
ftpd process used on many UNIX systems) in the OSS environment. (An ftp client is supported
as a process in the OSS environment.) If the PORTCONF
file that invokes FTPSERV contains
the parameter -ttimerval, inactive connections time-out after timerval seconds.
Accessing Either Guardian or OSS File Systems
The FTP server allows a client to access either the Guardian file system or the OSS file system.
Toggle between the two file systems using the quote command from the FTP client followed by
the string "Guardian" or "OSS". For example:
quote Guardian
accesses the Guardian file system, and
quote OSS
accesses the OSS file system.
Once the user has logged in, the user can determine the file system with a pwd command. If the
result is either /G/vol/subvol or an OSS pathname, the OSS file system is being accessed. If the
result is $vol.subvol, the Guardian file system is being used.
FTP Client User Command Requests
The FTP server currently supports requests for the following FTP client user commands when the
OSS file system is used. These commands are not case-sensitive. For the syntax of each com-
mand, enter remotehelp command_name from an FTP client process.
ABOR abort previous comand
APPE append to a file
CWD change working directory
DELE delete a file
HELP display help information
LIST list files in a directory (ls -lg)
MKD make a directory
MODE specify data transfer mode
NLST list files in directory (ls)
NOOP do nothing
PASS specify password
PASV prepare for server-to-server transfer
PORT specify data connection port
PWD print the current working directory
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